United States presidential election in California, 2004
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County Results
Kerry—80-90%
Kerry—70-80%
Kerry—60-70%
Kerry—50-60%
Kerry—<50%
Bush—50-60%
Bush—60-70%
Bush—70-80%
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The 2004 United States presidential election in California took place on November 2, 2004 throughout all 50 states and D.C., which was part of the 2004 United States presidential election. Voters chose 55 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.
California was won by Democrat nominee John Kerry by a 9.95% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all 12 news organizations considered this a state Kerry would win, or otherwise considered as a safe blue state. Republicans have not taken California's electoral votes since George H.W. Bush's victory in 1988 against Michael Dukakis.
To date, this is the last time a Republican presidential candidate received more than 40% of the vote in California, as the state swung hard toward the Democratic Party in the following three elections, with Southern California counties such as Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego turning blue and parts of the Central Valley turning blue.
There were 12 news organizations who made state by state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day.
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